Cash indicator and register



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W. H. CLARK.- CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER. No. 433,888. Patented Aug. 5,1890.

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CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

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W. H. CLARK. CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

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WVILLIAM H. CLARK, OF ALBION, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,888, dated August5, 1890.

Applicationfiled October 17, 1889. $eria1N0. 327,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albion, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators andRegisters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in cash indicators andregisters hereinafter set forth and explained, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved cash indicator and register. Fig. 2 is a view of same inelevation with the front of the case removed and the base in section.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of same with the upper portion broken awayand showing the door covering the dial mechanism open. Fig.

4: is a transverse section of same on the line 4 A in Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of themechanism of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

In the construction shown of myimproved cash indicator and register B isthe base of the case, and A the upright portion thereof. On the front ofthe upright portion A of the case is a circular indicator-plate O,secured at its ends a a to the circular front of the portion A of thecase, so as to leave a circular opening or groove 19 between it and thesides of the upright portion A of the case, suitable figures beingplaced on the front of the indicator-plate O, as and for the purposehereinafter set forth. Through the portion A of the case is a transverseshaft D. To this shaft D is secured a gear-wheel cl, which intermesheswith an elongated pinion E,

I mounted loosely on a stud-pin secured to the upper part of theleft-hand side of the portion A of the case. On the end of the shaft Dwhich extends through the right-hand side of the case A is also secureda hand or pointer d, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. On asleeve G, mounted loosely on the shaft D, is secured another largegear-wheel F, having thereon eighty teeth and four carrying points orpawls f, adapted to consecutively engage with the loose pinion E, eachof said pawlsf moving said pinion E forward one tooth in passing it,which operates to rotate the gear-wheel (Z, intermeshing there: with,forward a like distance, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Aspring-dog c, secured to the frame, engages with the teeth of the pinionE, so as to prevent the movement of the pinion E, except when actuatedby the carrying-pawls f on the gearwheel F. On the end of the sleeve G,secured to the gear-wheel d, extending through the right hand of thecase A, is a hand orpointer g, as and for the purpose hereinafter setforth. Mounted on the sleeve G oneach side of the gear-wheel F aresleeves H H, to which are secured oscillating levers h h.

Pivoted upon a rod I is a semicircular rack I, having inwardly-projecting teeth 71 thereon. To the lower portion J of the rack-bar I issecured a retracting-sprin g J, which operates to return the rack to itsnormal position, with the upper end K thereof resting against the stopK. On the oscillating arms NN of the levers h h are pivotedspring-actuated dogs It It, adapted to engage with the teeth of thegear-wheel F when the arms N N of the levers h h are raisedso as torotate the gearwheel F, but to pass over the teeth of said gear-wheelwhen being moved downward, the dogs k being so arranged as to eachoperate on one-half of the faces of the teeth on the gear-wheel F, so asto pass each other without interference, at spring-dogj, secured to theframe and engaging with the teeth of the gear-wheel F, preventing thebackward movement thereof. The rear ends Z Z of the levers 7t h arebeveled off in such shape that the raising of the handles L L of thelevers h h, which project out through the grooves 12 at each side of thefront of the case A, causes the ends Z Z to pass downward over the teeth2' of the rack I, with which they engage, so as to prevent the longerand heavier arms N N thereof from falling down and returning to theirnormal position (as illus trated by the positions of the arms N N andhandles L L in Fig. 4) until released, as hereinafter set forth.

In the arms N N of the oscillating levers h h lateral stud-pinsaa aresecured in such position that when the arms N N are at rest in theirnormal position, as illustrated by the position of thelever hin Fig. 4,the stud-pins a n are under the end J 2 of the oscillating rack, asshown. Guards 0 O are also secured to the frame on each side of thewheel F in such position as to disengage the dogs In and 7c from theteeth of the wheel F while the leverarms N and N are passing down totheir normal positions, and until in raising them the stud-pins n and apass out from under the ends J 2 of the rack I. In operation the leversh and h are operated alternately, the raising of the arm N of the leverh operating to raise the end J of the rack I up and throw the end Kthereof back, so as to release the end Z of the lever 7t and permit thearm N thereof to fall by gravity to its normal position, the stud-pin athereon during this operation passing under the end J 2 of the rack Iwhile it is being raised by the stud-pin n 011 the arm N of the lever Hin its upward movement, and vice versa, the lovers h and h are operatedalternately to actuate the wheel F and mechanism therewith connected andto withdraw the rack I from the points I and Z of the levers, so thatthe raising of either one of the levers h and it releases the other andallows it to fall to its normal position.

In the rear portion of the upright portion A of the case is avertically-sliding bar P, provided with a retracting-spring P, adaptedto retain said bar in a normally-raised position. Across the lower endof said bar P and firmly secured thereto is a cross-bar P, which extendsout laterally into the boxes 13', forming the base B of the case. Thecovers Q of the boxes 13 are hinged thereto, so as to be raised upagainst the upright portion A of the case. These covers Q have lugs 9'on the under sides thereof, to which links p are pivoted, connectingthem with the ends of the arm P, so that when the arm P is raised itoperates to simultaneously raise the covers Q, as illustrated by thedotted lines in Fig.

. ered thereby, after which the operator closes 2. To the upper end K ofthe oscillating rack I is coupled a catch M, pivoted on the studpin m onthe frame, the lower end m of the catch M being adapted to engage withthe upper end M of the vertically-sliding bar P when the same is down,as illustrated in Fig. 4, the operation of raising the oscillatinglevers h and h and the throwing back of the upper end K of the rack Ioperating to release the catch M from the upper end M of the bar P, sothat the retracting-spring P raises it and throws open the covers Q Q,as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, allowing access to thecash-receptacles covthe covers Q by hand, which operation forces the barP down, so that the catch M engages therewith and retains it in thisposition, locking the covers Q down in a closed position until one ofthe levers h' or h is again raised. To one side of the case is securedan alarm-bell R, having an oscillating bell-hammer lever B, providedwith a retracting spring r. To the upper end of the bell-hammer lever Bis a spring-catch S, and on the back of the rack I, adjacent to thecatch S, is a hooked lug S, adapted to engage with the point of thecatch S as the rack I is moved back by the raising of the lever hor h,carrying the end of the bell-hammer leverR with it some little-distance,when the lug S slips over the point of the catch S, releasing the leverR and allowing the hammer to be forced quickly against the bell R by theretracting-spring r, so as to sound an alarm,the hooked catch S passingover the dog S on the return of the rack I to its normal position.

In operating my improved cash indicator and register the handle L or Lof one of the levers 7L or it is raised so that the pointer L or L thenpoints to the desired figures on the curved indicator-plate C, whichoperation permits the other handle L or L to fall to its normal positionready for use, and also turns the gear-wheel F forward, carrying thepointer 9 around on a dial T, marked with cents, at the right hand sideof the case A, where it is retained by the spring-dog j, which operationof the handles L and L is alternately repeated at each sale until thehand 9 travels around the dial T, when at the next operation of thehandle L or L one of the carrying-pawls f engages with the loose pinionE, which moves the wheel cl forward one notch, carrying the hand (1,secured to the shaft D thereon, forward one space over the dollar-dialT, surrounding the cents-dial T, each movement of the handles L and Lmoving the hands g, and also periodically the hand d, and adding theamount of the sale indicated to the aggregate indicated on the dials T Tby the hands 9 and. cl, and each operation of the handles L and L alsoopens the covers Q of the cashboxes, so that the cash can be depositedtherein. A door U, provided with a look 10, covers the dials T and T, sothat they cannot be tampered with.

In setting the mechanism at zero it is only necessary to open the door Uand turn the hands g and d around to 0 in the direction of theirtraverse.

Having thus fully described my invention, so as to enable others toconstruct and use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of a gear orratchet wheel and an oscillatin g circular rack adjacent to said wheel,with oscillating levers adapted to engage with the said rack, and dogsonsaid levers adapted to engage with and actuate said gear or ratchetwheel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,in a cash indicator and register, of indicating andoperating levers, and an oscillating curved rack adapted to engage suchlevers, with a gear or ratchet wheel adapted to be operated by dogs onsaid operating-levers, carrying-pawls on said wheel engagingconsecutively with and operating a loose pinion, a gear-Wheelintermeshing with said loose pinion, and hands secured to the shaft ofone and to a sleeve on the other of said wheels, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of curvedindicator-plates secured to the machine-frame, oscillating levers havingpointers passing over said plates and springdogs thereon, with gear orratchet wheels having carrying-pawls thereon and adapted to be actuatedby the spring-dogs on said levers, and curved oscillating racks adaptedto engage with the oscillating levers, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination, in acash indicator and register, of the wheels F and(Z and the loose pinion E, intermeshing with the Wheel d, theoscillating levers h h, having dogs k and is, adapted to engage theteeth in the wheel F, with the oscillating rack I, and the stud-pins nand n on the arms N and N of the levers h and h, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of an oscillatingrack I and the catch M, coupled thereto, with the vertically-sliding barP, having a retracting-spring P and the cross-bar P thereon, the hingedcovers Q Q, and the link 1), connecting said hinged covers with the endsof the cross-bar P substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, in a cash'indicator and register, of a curvedoscillating rack I, having alug S thereon, and the oscillating levers hh, with the bell-hammer mechanism R S and the alarm-bell R,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of a gear-Wheel d,intermeshing with a loose pinion E, having a spring-dog c operatingthereon, and a gear or ratchet wheel F, secured to a sleeve G, mountedupon the shaft of the wheel (Z, carrying points or pawls f, secured tothe Wheel F and adapted to engage with and turn the loose pinion E, aspringdog j, operating to prevent the backward movement of the wheel F,a hand (1, secured to one end of a shaft of the wheel d, and a hand g,secured to the end of the sleeve G,

which hands travel over dials T and T, with rocking levers h and h,having dogs 70 and 7c thereon adapted to engage with the teeth of theWheel F, and having stud-pins n and n thereon, and an. oscillating rackI, adapted to engage with the rear ends Z Z and also with the stud-pinsn and n of the oscillating .levers h h, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. CLARK. Vitnesses:

C. J. STURGEON, II. J. CURTZE.

